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Backstory:
Thordek came from a stout family of miners. He worked as a digger in a family mine for many decades until he was offered a position as forman in a distant mine. This was his chance to lead the dig, design the shafts, and be the first to see the secrets the ground had to offer. He took the job and travelled a great distance to his new home and dig site. When he arrived, all were dead. They had been slain weeks earlier. With no owner and no crew there was no job for him. Thodek left and began to wander the country, seeking work.

He had a number of adventures before coming to Golgotha in northern Dunlock.

Thodek was an NPC in our second campaign. As the campaign drew to a close, Joe (the DM) decided he’d rather try a different character, as opposed to playing Yoeg again. He wanted to play a Dwarf, so using the already-established character Thordek made sense.

Com on he is a NPC. Not every NPC can have a great backstory, it would take a hell of a lot of time to prepare every person and it would take ages to tell all of the backgrounds from regular visitors to the tavern for instance.

I agree with Erasmas. Thordek’s story is at least not a repetition of most stories I’ve heard. As for the obvious Drizzt comment, you need to remember that not everyone can be even slightly creative and that there is a special section in hell for these non-minded people.

Pretty much everyone in Europe does learn at least some English(except french, I think) because, well, it is pretty much the lingua franca these days. In Finland(I’m finnish) it’s a compulsory school subject starting from 3rd or 5th grade, depending on whether you choose to study any other languages as well(that’s 9 and 11 years of age, respectively).

The hole’s were intentional to continue his story later. The reason he didn’t return home was that he felt he was at fault. He believed if he had gotten there sooner he may have been able to lead his people to victory or at least died trying with them.